Improved weighing attachment for pen-holders or pencils



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

D. A. B. SAVY, OF PARIS, ASSTGNOR TO E. T. VANDERBERGH,.OF TOULON,FRANCE.

IMPROVED WEIGHING ATTACHMENT FOR PEN-HOLDERS 0R PENClLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L19,059, dated July 25,1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DsrR ALPHONSE BEN- JAMIN SAVY, of Paris, in theEmpire of France, have invented a new and Improved Weighing Attachmentto Pen-Holders or Pencils; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full. clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, forniing part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a side elevation of my weighing attachment when used forweighing aletter. Fig. 2 is a modication ofthe same.

Similar letters of ret'erence indicate like parts.

This invention consists in the application to a pen-holder or pencil ofaclasp capable to hold a letter or other article to he weighed, incombination with one or more notches cut or other wise produced in thesurface of the holder or otthe pencil, in such a position and iu such amanner that by placing the pencil orpen-holder on the edge of a knife orother similar implement the weight ot a letter or other article securedin the clasp can be readily determined in an expeditious and easymanner.

A represents a pen-holder or pencil ot' a cylindrical t'orm or any otherconvenient shape. The surface of this peu-holder or pencil is providedwith one or more notches, u., at a point nearer to its upper or outerthan to its lower or inner end, and a clasp, b, is connected to theshort end ofthe same, as clearly shown in the drawings. This clasp is soconstructed that a letter or other article to be weighed can be readilysecured thereon for the purpose of ascertaining its weight.

The clasp may either he stationary, as shown in Fig. l, or it may hesecured to a sleeve, bt, which can he moved closer to or farther fromthe notches d. In the former case a series of notches is necessary inorder to ascertain the weight of letters or other articles ot differentsize or heft, and the several notches are adjusted in such a manner thatwhen one ot' them is placed on the edge of a knife a given weightsuspended from the clasp will balance the long end of the pen-holder orpencil. For instance, one notch corresponds to one-half ounce, the nextto an ounce, and so forth, according to the rates ofpostage. It desired,however, one notch is sufficient, and in that case the sleeve to whichthe clasp is attached is made adjustable toward and from the notch, andsuitable marks on the circumference ot' the pen-holder or pencilindicate the weight of the article suspended from the clasp.

During the operation of weighing, the pen has to he removed when apen-holder is used. The pen-holder or pencil might also heprovided witha ring to take the place of theknit'e-edge,

and holding this ringin one hand and adjusting the holder or pencil init, the weight ot the. article in the clasp can be ascertained.

I claim as new and desire to secure hy Letters Patent;

A weighingattachment constructed substantially as descrihed,and appliedto a pen-holder or pencil, for the purposes set forth.

D. SAVY.

TVitnesses E. SHERMAN GoULD C. GHRos, A. GUroN.

